Those Hayes Clipper 100 COEs

[kscarbel]

In 1969, Mack Trucks purchased a sixty percent stake in Vancouver, British Columbia-based Canadian truckmaker Hayes Manufacturing.

Founded in 1922 as Hayes-Anderson Motor Co.Ltd. and renamed Hayes Manufacturing Co. Ltd. in 1928, Hayes was the oldest and largest Canadian manufacturer of heavy trucks at the time of the Mack purchase.

In 1971, the corporate name was changed to Hayes Trucks, Ltd. and the Clipper 100 COE was introduced.

Hayes had produced on-highway and fire trucks, rail cars and off-highway trucks for the logging industry including the HDX and W-HDX (http://www.bigmacktrucks.com/index.php?/topic/30466-when-mack-roamed-europe-the-middle-east-africa-and-western-asia/page-2).

After joining Mack Trucks in 1967, Jack Curcio was appointed by Zenon Hansen as president and managing director of Hayes. Under Curcio, Hayes production rose from 50 units to 500 the first year, and had annual sales of US$20 million by 1973. Employee numbers rose from 80 to almost 500.

Under Mack Trucks, Hayes was given a considerable degree of autonomy. Upon request, technology was provided as in the case of the F-model cab for the Clipper 100 COE.

Mack Trucks allowed Hayes to broaden its product range, grow its sales network across Canada and establish Hayes dealers in the Western United States (including Alaska and Hawaii), and world markets

Commenting on Hayes’ expansion, President Jack Curcio said the plant expansion and new truck production line reduced the vulnerability of the company which was dependent primarily on one industry and one marketing area, logging in B.C. and Alberta.

Curcio’s key objectives for Hayes were:

• Maintain a leadership position in custom-built heavy-duty logging truck and oil field rig segments in British Columbia and Alberta.
• Enlarge the distributor organization across Canada to provide a more diversified market base for existing Hayes products.
• Establish of a strong distributor organization in the Western United States.
• Create a worldwide distribution network for Hayes trucks.
• Develop a more competitive and diverse line-up of on-highway heavy trucks.

The Hayes Clipper 100 COE, one result of Curcio's expansion strategy, began rolling off the assembly line in January 1971. The new production line for Hayes heavy trucks was formally inaugurated on February 16, 1971 and attended by Canada’s Federal Minister of Labor Bryce Mackasey and Zenon C.R. Hansen, Chairman of the Board and President of Mack Trucks, Inc. and Chairman of the Board of Hayes Manufacturing Company.

Mackasey complimented Hayes on the emphasis it puts on people and that they "let people identify with what's happening in the company." He said the association of Mack Trucks with Hayes was an ideal type of arrangement where the U.S. contributed the capital and technology, while there was no lessening of Canadian content

Zenon C.R. Hansen said "the establishment of the (new) Hayes production line and the progress made by Hayes makes us proud that we have allowed you to continue to be Hayes, as you were. Hayes is a Canadian organization, and will carry on as a Canadian company."

Hayes received its largest single order in 1971 for twenty-six identical 100-ton logging trucks and fifty 100-ton pup trailers, all to operate over the rugged terrain in the Kemano area of Northwest British Columbia hauling approximately 200 tons of logs per trip.

Hayes also produced a complete line of logging trailers from 20 tons up to 60 tons.

Assisting Curcio in the company’s expansion were British Columbia natives:

George Gray, vice president - sales

Tom Everett, vice president – operations

Brian Watts, controller-secretary treasurer

Frank Dean, manager of engineering & product development

Kyle Gardiner, chief engineer

Hayes planned to make Vancouver "The Truck Capital of Canada"

In 1974, Mack Trucks sold Hayes to the Gearmatic Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of Paccar, ahead of a worldwide recession. Hayes had been a principle competitor of the Canadian Kenworth Company (a subsidiary of Paccar of Canada Ltd.).

During the short period that Paccar operated Hayes, the Clipper COE utilized the Peterbilt 352 “Pacemaker” cab. With the recession certainly being a factor, Paccar closed Hayes on September 30, 1975.

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[RFCDrum]

The Hayes were always interesting with the gauges above you.

Cheers, Rob

[bulldogboy]

I saw a Hayes 100 COE passing through New Hampshire about 35 years ago; probably the only time that ever happened. Do you have any photos of a Hayes fire truck? That's one I liked to see.

bulldogboy

[kscarbel]

Unlike most Clipper 100 COEs with Allentown F-model based cabs, these units had Hayward production "Mack Western" cabs.

[kscarbel]

Do you have any photos of a Hayes fire truck? That's one I liked to see.

bulldogboy

[felicello122]

The clipper 100 looks better than the Mack version, looks more rugged is what I wanted to say. Did they use their own frame, or was that Mack also?

[kscarbel]

The clipper 100 looks better than the Mack version, looks more rugged is what I wanted to say. Did they use their own frame, or was that Mack also?

I forget if Brockway used their own frame with the 400 series, but I believe the Clipper 100 COE used F-model frame rails, drilled by Hayes to their needs.

The early F-model frame spec was 9 x 3-1/4 x 1/4 (Which UPS continued to use to the end)

Hayes was similar at 9-1/8 x 3-1/4 x 5/16.

[mike69mackman]

Seems to me Mack should've held on to Hayes .

[kscarbel]

Hayes plant pictures

[kscarbel]

This is a 1972 brochure created by Hayes President John Curcio (from Mack Trucks) in honor of Hayes' 50th anniversary.

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[kscarbel]

Two core business segments of course were logging and heavy hauling (in competition with Pacific).

Here are two W-HDX 70-170 heavy hauler sold to Arbegui in Europe, and some HDX loggers in Canada.

[kscarbel]

As Hayes diversified under Mack ownership, they went after new market segments, The lightweight set-forward front axle MD-250 west coast vocational chassis was a prime example of product aimed to compete with Kenworth.

Note the modern appearance. Tell me this 1972 MD-250 doesn't remind you of the Kenworth T800 introduced in 1986.

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[kscarbel]

Hayes Clipper 100 (1960s) and Clipper 200 (1970s) conventionals.

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[other dog]

Those are my favorites, with the big "H" made into the hood.

Here's one with the Peterbilt cab, and the old original with the overhead dash.

I've read stories and articles over the years that would indicate that there's a lot of resentment from Hayes truck fans towards Paccar, feeling that Paccar bought Hayes just so they could shut it down and eliminate the competition.

[2stacksuperdog]

Those are my favorites, with the big "H" made into the hood.

Here's one with the Peterbilt cab, and the old original with the overhead dash.

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I've read stories and articles over the years that would indicate that there's a lot of resentment from Hayes truck fans towards Paccar, feeling that Paccar bought Hayes just so they could shut it down and eliminate the competition.

sounds familiar......

[kscarbel]

On 6/27/2013 at 8:14 AM, mike69mackman said:

Seems to me Mack should've held on to Hayes .

John Curcio said, "In our industry, history has proven you must grow or perish. I can recall the names of over 50 companies who once made trucks. Today, there exist about 12 brand name trucks which survived and they are all basically controlled by six companies".

Mack Trucks sent hard charging ex-Marine John Curcio into Hayes to grow the company, and he did just that. Production rose from 50 units to 500 the first year, and had annual sales of US$20 million by 1973. Employee numbers rose from 80 to almost 500.

But, according to Paccar executive vice president Bill Gross who oversaw their purchase of Hayes, "I think they sold it because it made no money. In fact, I know that's why they sold it.....There was no profit in it whatsoever."

[mackniac]

Cab on the HDX looks like Kenworths cab and the COE red form Other dog pic looks like a old White-Freightliner cab.

[2stacksuperdog]

Doesn't Hayes run a fleet of Volvos now?

[39 Baby Mack]

Doesn't Hayes run a fleet of Volvos now?

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Ron

[bulldogboy]

kscarbel:

Thanks for the Hayes fire truck photo.

bulldogboy

[BC Mack]

And to think that not too many years have passed since Vancouver lost Kenworth, Freightliner, Hayes and Pacific production factories...

I now work in the old KW Burnaby plant, much modified for a Transit overhaul shop and garage. I bump into Hayes and Pacific past employees occasionally with great memories of 'what could have been'... going to a Pacific guys retirement in a week, one of a small crew that built the very last one after the factory officially closed... it's a modern business park now.

BC Mack

[mackdaddy]

Jack Curcio was an interesting and controversial guy!

[kscarbel]

Jack Curcio was an interesting and controversial guy!

Yes he was. Although I didn't always agree with them, ex-marines in the auto and truck industry like John Curcio and Bob Lutz have always had my respect.

Here are some Hayes HDs.

The Hayes model nomenclature for their vocational range was straightforward:

• HD - heavy duty
• WHD - wide heavy duty
• HDX - extra heavy duty
• WHDX - wide extra heavy duty

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[kscarbel]

Almost thirty years before the Volvo-White Integral Sleeper was introduced, Hayes was already building such a product.

The Mack B-model and Autocar "Driver Cab" of course also offered an integral sleeper option, but it wasn't as spacious as this.

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[felicello122]

That sleeper looks good for the time it was made!